"I went up to the office around 7 (p.m.) with my little brother, my big brother and my mom," the University Lab running back said. "We started talking to Coach Frank, and my brother said I had something to tell him, and I had my (LSU) hat and everything and told him I wanna be that guy, that hometown kid to bring this recruiting class to the top, and he came over and hugged me, and I started crying.

"It was a good experience, then we walked down to Coach Miles' office and told him … And I called (Xavier Lewis) on the phone, and Coach Frank didn't know what was going on, and I gave Coach Frank the phone, and (Lewis) committed right there and then."

Lewis, the standout East St. John defensive back prospect, and Brossette have been friends since attending Broadmoor Middle School together.

Brossette and Brumfield were almost giddy at the Cubs' practice Tuesday afternoon.

The elder of the two said consistently since his own commitment that he wouldn't pressure his slew of talented younger teammates to follow him to the hometown college on whose campus their high school is located.

Each player's decision had to be his own, Brumfield insisted.

But Tuesday afternoon, he couldn't help but smile wide.

"You know I'm excited for him," Brumfield said. "To take one of my teammates from this level to the next level, like I said, I'm really happy for him, and I'm proud of him. I think he made a good decision for himself and everything's gonna work out great for him."

The biggest advice Brumfield had Tuesday was essentially an echo of his guidance throughout the process.

"I told him some of the advice I had gotten before," Brumfield said. "In recruitment, all you have is your word. I wasn't trying to pressure him or anything like that, but when you go back on your word, people start to question everything you say after that, so I told him also, people look at this from a fan standpoint, and some people don't realize the schools that you choose is where you have to go to school at, so don't let people try to guilt you to feel like you have to go to LSU or guilt you to feel like you shouldn't go to LSU.

"There have been people who have approached me about that, and I take everything they say with a grain of salt, because at the end of the day, it's my decision, it's what I felt was best and I feel the same about Nick. I feel like he made a good decision for himself. He's just got to keep his head on level and his goals in mind, and he's gonna be fine."

Brossette was clearly comfortable, confident and firm in his choice.

No other college was particularly close to LSU in the chase for his services out of the backfield, he said.

"I just felt comfortable around here and just wanted to be the hometown kid to help Kevin Toliver to lead the class and get us to a national championship level," Brossette said.